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Q: Cron generated by Whenever doesn't work It seems that my cron task doesn't work.
Here is the result of "contrab -l"
# Begin Whenever generated tasks for: /home/mtaville/mtaville_staging/releases/20140827132856/config/schedule.rb
* * * * * /bin/bash -l -c 'cd /home/mtaville/mtaville_staging/releases/20140827132856 && RAILS_ENV=staging bundle exec rake events:archive_outdated_event --silent'

# End Whenever generated tasks for: /home/mtaville/mtaville_staging/releases/20140827132856/config/schedule.rb

Here is some lines of logfile :
Aug 28 13:42:01 67872hd63015 CRON[489]: (mtaville) CMD (/bin/bash -l -c 'cd /home/mtaville/mtaville_staging/releases/20140827132856 && RAILS_ENV=staging bundle exec rake events:archive_outdated_event --silent')
Aug 28 13:42:18 67872hd63015 crontab[495]: (mtaville) LIST (mtaville)
Aug 28 13:43:01 67872hd63015 CRON[498]: (mtaville) CMD (/bin/bash -l -c 'cd /home/mtaville/mtaville_staging/releases/20140827132856 && RAILS_ENV=staging bundle exec rake events:archive_outdated_event --silent')

When I copy/past the code of log :
/bin/bash -l -c 'cd /home/mtaville/mtaville_staging/releases/20140827132856 && RAILS_ENV=staging bundle exec rake events:archive_outdated_event --silent'

it works !
What's the problem ?
The cron file is generated by Whenever a Gem of Ruby on Rails.
EDIT
I had this to my crontab
* * * * * cd && touch .it_works

And... it works...

A: You told linux what to do as a part of cronjob. But you haven't started cronjob yet. To start cronjob /etc/init.d/crond start.

A: Just for those who have the problem :
Create a job type :
job_type :rbenv_rake, %Q{export PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/bin:$PATH" ; eval "$(rbenv init -)" ; cd :path && :environment_variable=:environment bundle exec rake :task --silent :output }

Use it :
rbenv_rake "cars:import"


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Q: How can I adapt a c# class with private methods? I would like to adapt a class with a private method, so that the adapter calls this private method:
Consider this class
public class Foo
{
   private void bar()
}

I would like a class that follows the command pattern, and calls bar() in it's execute method:
public class FooCommand
{
   private Foo foo_;
   public FooCommand(Foo foo)
   {
      foo_ = foo;
   }
   public void execute()
   {
      foo.bar();
   }
}

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

A: I believe there are many options:

*

*Instead of a FooCommand, use an interface ICommand with an Execute method. Then declare Foo in such a way that it implements ICommand:
public class Foo : ICommand {
    private void bar() { ... }
    void ICommand.Execute() { bar(); }
}

I believe this is the most attractive solution: the method can still be private; you don't need to instantiate an extra FooCommand for every Foo; and you don't need to declare a separate XCommand class for every X class that wants it.

*Declare the FooCommand class inside the Foo class so that it becomes a nested class. Then the FooCommand can access the private method.

*Declare the bar method public or internal.

*Declare the bar method protected or protected internal and then derive FooCommand from Foo.

*Use Reflection to invoke the private method (use Type.GetMethod followed by MethodBase.Invoke). I believe most developers would consider this a dirty hack.

A: You would need to at least make bar() protected rather than private. Private functions can only be called by the class that declares them, unless you decide to use Reflection which then places security requirements on your application.

A: The only way to do this would be to use reflection and invoke the method that way, however I would strongly suggest against doing that. Why not just make the method internal?

A:    public void execute()
   {
       var m = foo_.GetType().GetMethod("bar", BindingFlags.NonPublic|BindingFlags.Instance);
       m.Invoke(foo_, null);

   }

I agree with the other posters who say make the method internal and use InternalsVisibleToAttribute if needed.

A: Do you have access to class Foo as in access to modify the class? If not, I don't believe you can call its private method bar() from another class.

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1. [Bookplate for John C. Brune] This bookplate consists of a pictorial escutcheon. The image is of a stag at speed emerging from the woods. Above the shield is a helmet, front facing with bars, topped with a crest wreath and a rack of antlers. From the sides of the helmet flows elaborate heraldic mantling.
2. [Bookplate for William Dadley] In black ink. This bookplate consists of an escutcheon, argent (silver), with a chevron, or (gold), and three antlers, two over one, sable (black). The crest is an arm vambraced, embowed, grasping two lilies, upon a straight wreath. Below the escutcheon is a banner containing the Latin motto.
3. [Bookplate for John Somers by James Ross] This heraldric bookplate consists of an escutcheon, divided per quarter, with quarters one and four sable (black), with a chevron argent (silver), charged with three antlers, two over one. Quarters two and three are vert (green), with a dancette fess ermine. At the centre of the escutcheon is an inescutcheon, which is also divided quarterly and features charges of cross crosslet fitched and beasts. The escutcheon is supported by two lions rampant, each with a dancette collar. Above the escutcheon is a Baron coronet, and below the escutcheon is a banner with Latin motto within. This bookplate is similar to BP MUR ENG P S664a, which is presumably owned by the same individual after his rise to title.
4. [Bookplate for John Somers] This heraldic bookplate consists of an escutcheon, divided per quarter, with quarters one and four sable (black), with a chevron argent (silver), charged with three antlers, two over one. Quarters two and three are vert (green), with a dancette fess ermine. At the centre of the escutcheon is an inescutcheon, which is also divided quarterly and features charges of cross crosslet fitched and beasts. The escutcheon is supported by two lions rampant, each with a dancette collar. Above the escutcheon is a Earl coronet, and below the escutcheon is a banner with Latin motto within. This bookplate is similar to BP MUR ENG P S664b, which is presumably owned by the same individual, but before his ascendancy to title.
5. [Bookplate] In black ink. This bookplate consists of an escutcheon tilted from a central vertical axis. The escutcheon is gules (red), charged with an ornate vegetative design, vert (green), and a chief, or (gold), are three cross-crosslets fitchy, gules. Above the escutcheon is a collar, wrapped with a pair of stirrups and set upon a backdrop of two intersecting laurel garlands. The garlands form an 'x' pattern wrapping around the escutcheon and the charges above it, partially framing them. The collar is charged with a straight wreath, which in turn, is charged with a courtly-styled woman, clutching two stag antlers. Below the escutcheon is a manner displaying the originators Latin motto.
6. [Bookplate for James Bryce Allan] In black ink. Escutcheon parted per bend, dancetty. Bordure, azure [blue]. Above field, argent [white] and ermine, a stag, gules [red], erased, antlers, or [gold], and an annulet, or. Below field, gules, a crescent. Helm has mantling around a tilting helmet on top of which is a curved crest wreath with a dog, erased. Below the escutcheon is a banner containing the Latin motto.
8. [Bookplate for Peter Edward Hicks] Black ink on cream paper. Crest features a stag head. The stag has large antlers and has a leafy wreath around its chest. The stag sits on a crest-wreath. The shield has sable stripes and is charged with three white fleurs-de-lis, two over one. The shield is divided per fess. The dividing section is curved and argent with sable stripes. The motto is printed on a curling ribbon in capitalized, serif, black font. The words are separated by black dots. Below the motto, the bookplate owner's name is printed in large, black, sentence case, cursive font.

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Scientists demonstrate first quantum communication with microsatellite
Artist's rendering of the SOCRATES satellite utilized for the quantum communication experiment. Image Credit: AES
A team of researchers from the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) in Tokyo, Japan, has recently reported that they succeeded in demonstrating the first quantum communication between a microsatellite and a ground station. The signal was sent by a quantum communication transmitter on board the SOCRATES satellite.
The instrument, known as the Small Optical TrAnsponder, or SOTA, is the world's smallest and lightest quantum communication transmitter. It has a mass of roughly 13.22 pounds (6 kilograms) and its dimensions are 7 by 4.5 by 10.6 inches (17.8 by 11.4 by 26.8 centimeters). This shoebox-sized tool is capable of transmitting a laser signal to the ground at a rate of 10 million bits per second from an altitude of about 370 miles (600 kilometers) while orbiting at a speed of approximately 15,660 mph (25,200 km/h).
SOTA was launched into space as part of the Space Optical Communications Research Advanced TEchnology Satellite (SOCRATES) microsatellite in May 2014. The mission's main goal was to test a standard microsatellite bus technology applicable to missions of various purposes. SOTA has successfully completed its objectives by demonstrating its quantum communication capabilities.
"We are proud to say that the SOTA mission fulfilled all the success levels as foreseen and more than doubled its originally designed working life of one year," Alberto Carrasco-Casado of NICT's Space Communications Laboratory told Astrowatch.net.
SOTA transmitter. Photo Credit: NICT
According to Carrasco-Casado, four different success levels were established for the SOTA instrument: minimum success, success, full success, and extra success. The minimum success level required a basic check-up of all the lasercom subsystems, while the success level consisted of acquiring the laser beams transmitted from SOTA to the ground station by using different wavelengths and performing basic communication tests.
In order to achieve the full success level, a real data transmission from SOTA to the ground station by using error correcting codes to deal with variable atmospheric conditions was needed. When it comes to the most desired extra success level, SOTA needed to successfully conduct lasercom experiments with different ground stations around the world and the quantum-limited communication experiment that was recently described in the Nature Photonics journal.
"The main achievement of SOTA was to be the first lasercom terminal in a microsatellite. Being such a tiny lasercom terminal, we could test several technologies and perform different experiments," Carrasco-Casado noted.
The scientists used three wavelengths for communications: 800-nm, 980-nm, and 1,550-nm bands – each of them through a different aperture (small lenses to transmit the 800-nm and 980-nm band lasers, and a 5-cm Cassegrain telescope to transmit the 1,550-nm laser). Also, they used two different pointing technologies: a coarse-pointing gimbal for the 800-nm and 980-nm band lasers, and an additional fine-pointing system for the 1,550-nm, the latter being able to deliver a higher power to the ground.
The researchers were able to gather a great deal of atmospheric-propagation data using these technologies, which is critical to characterize the atmospheric channel for future missions. They managed to replicate the experiments in different ground stations around the world (Canada, Germany, and France), thereby achieving promising results.
For instance, regarding the French ground station, the French Space Agency (CNES) group demonstrated an adaptive-optic system to compensate the atmospheric perturbations suffered by the SOTA signals. Finally, they were able to carry out the first quantum-limited communication experiment from space.
"All these technologies are key for the future development of space optical communications and quantum communications," Carrasco-Casado said.
He underlined that space lasercom will play a more and more important role in satellite communications in the future, and all the technologies that SOTA demonstrated are key to these future developments. For example, the SpaceX constellation plans to use over 4,000 satellites, and those satellites will use laser communications to communicate with each other. Moreover, many other constellations and communication networks are being designed at the moment where free-space lasercom plays a key role, with private companies like Google or Facebook investing a great deal of effort in their deployment.
"If Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) and lasercom systems can be miniaturized following the heritage of SOTA, this technology could be spread massively, enabling a truly secure global communication network. Prior to the commercialization of this technology, research organizations like NICT have to demonstrate its feasibility, which was the goal of the SOTA mission. In line of this endeavor, NICT is also actively collaborating in the standardization of lasercom technologies through the Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS), and the data obtained with SOTA is another important result of this mission," Carrasco-Casado concluded.
Currently, the Space Communications Laboratory and the Quantum ICT Advanced Development Center in NICT are working together toward future missions that will leverage the expertise and knowledge acquired with the SOCRATES/SOTA mission in technologies related to space laser communications, quantum communications, and physical-layer cryptography.
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WA Health Minister deals major blow to West Coast Eagles and Fremantle's AFL hopes
By Chris De Silva
West Coast and Fremantle's hopes of playing in home fixtures to start the season have been dealt another blow with the WA government refusing to back down from its restrictions.
The hope within the two Perth-based sides has been that the state will ease its border restrictions to allow teams to fly in for games when the season resumes.
However, that appears to be extremely unlikely to happen, with the WA Health Minister Roger Cook saying he has "no confidence" in the AFL not sparking a COVID-19 outbreak.
"There is no confidence that the AFL can maintain infection control and prevent infection spread among players and staff under the proposed model," he said on Thursday.
"Players and families should see WA as a great opportunity.
The prospect of playing matches at Optus Stadium seems a long way away for the Eagles in 2020 (AAP)
"I reopen the invitation, we would welcome players and families as part of a carefully managed AFL hub."
While the quarantine hub scenario was previously discussed among media circles, it appears that they will no longer be necessary, with clubs likely to employ a fly-in, fly-out method to get the season back underway.
Despite having to relocate away from Western Australia, both West Coast and Fremantle are likely to be given the option to choose where their 'home' fixtures will be played.
"The least we can possibly do is allow West Coast and Fremantle to decide where they play," Collingwood president Eddie McGuire told Footy Classified on Wednesday.
"So they can come and make the hub in Melbourne, if they're playing Collingwood or Richmond, they can say, 'We'll play you at Marvel Stadium, but we might set our base up in Queensland, we might go up to the Gold Coast'.
"I think there will have to be some consideration (to families being allowed to come). I think we'll do everything we possibly can."
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Nacque a Potenza il 10 dicembre 1864, figlio di Marcello ed Anna Adelaide Speroni. Arruolatosi nel Regio Esercito entrò come Allievo ufficiale nella Regia Accademia Militare di Fanteria e Cavalleria di Modena, da cui uscì nel 1883 con il grado di sottotenente assegnato all'arma di fanteria. Come primo servizio fu assegnato al 53º Reggimento fanteria "Umbria", venendo promosso tenente nel 1887, e poco tempo dopo assunse l'incarico di Ufficiale d'ordinanza del generale di corpo d'armata Lucchino Dal Verme, Sottosegretario alla guerra del governo Di Rudinì. Divenne capitano nel 1898, e fu trasferito al corpo dei bersaglieri,  assegnato al 2º Reggimento bersaglieri, partendo quindi per la Cina al seguito del corpo di spedizione italiano che doveva partecipare alla repressione della rivolta dei Boxer nel 1900.

Ricevuto un encomio solenne, fu rimpatriato ed assegnato al 12º Reggimento bersaglieri. Promosso maggiore nel settembre 1910, ritornò in servizio presso il 2º Reggimento bersaglieri nel maggio 1915, quando fu promosso tenente colonnello.  All'atto dell'entrata in guerra del Regno d'Italia, avvenuta il 24 dello stesso mese, al comando del II Battaglione oltrepassò il confine al Passo di Cereda, nella Val Cordevole. Qualche mese dopo divenne colonnello assumendo il comando del 138º Reggimento fanteria, e nel mese di novembre venne decorato con la Medaglia di bronzo al valor militare per un'azione sul Monte Sei Busi, sul Carso. Nel maggio 1916 divenne comandante del 14º Reggimento bersaglieri, che comandò nei combattimenti sull'altopiano di Asiago, nel corso della Strafexpedition.  Il 6 luglio dello stesso anno, nel corso della controffensiva italiana, rimase gravemente ferito a una gamba sul Monte Zebio, subendo anche l'amputazione della mano sinistra. Decorato di Medaglia d'argento al valor militare, dopo la convalescenza rientrò in zona di operazioni al comando della Brigata Como, venendo decorato della Croce di guerra al valor militare per la difesa dei Solaroli, sul Monte Grappa, nel corso della battaglia del solstizio (giugno 1918). Promosso brigadiere generale  nell'ottobre dello stesso anno, assunse il comando del 1º Raggruppamento d'assalto, si distinse durante la battaglia di Vittorio Veneto, superando il corso del fiume Piave.
Per questo fatto venne insignito della Medaglia d'oro al valor militare. Dopo la firma dell'armistizio di Villa Giusti e la seguente cessazione delle ostilità,  fu mandato in Tripolitania, e nel 1920 divenne comandante delle truppe della Cirenaica. Promosso generale di brigata, nel dicembre 1923 ricevette la Croce di Cavaliere dell'Ordine militare di Savoia per la conquista di Agedabia. Rientrato in Italia assunse il comandò della Brigata Roma, venendo posto in posizione di riserva nell'ottobre 1924. Si spense a Genova il 12 novembre 1933. La città di Genova gli ha intitolato una via nel quartiere di Albaro.

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U.S Money Supply Since Covid-19 Outbreak
There's no question that the Covid-19 pandemic has had a disastrous effect on the world economy, especially in third world countries. But despite the privileged status of the U.S. as the global superpower, the pandemic hasn't spared the country.
In fact, the Covid-19 impact in the U.S. has been among the worst, possibly worse than the situation in China. But statistics aside, let's look at how has Covid-19 affected the money supply in the U.S. since the pandemic first hit the world in 2020.
Dissecting the Money Supply Impact in the U.S.
The Covid-19 the pandemic has severely disrupted the global distribution of goods. This has made it quite challenging for companies in the U.S. to fill their orders. Many workers have lost their jobs while the labor supply has drastically reduced.
Ultimately, the pandemic has considerably slowed down the international demand for U.S. services and products. According to Kristalina Georgieva, the IMF director, the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic is currently regarded as "the world's most urgent uncertainty."
Moreover, the uncertainties caused by Covid-19 are now evident in the world financial market's increased volatility, as well as the overall lower valuations. Yes, the Covid-19 pandemic comes with considerable risks in the world economy.
U.S. Government Budget Cuts to Key Institutions Impact Financial Supply
In a bid to suppress Covid-19's threat on the nation's economy, the Trump administration has taken measures, generally aimed at jumpstarting the massively jolted economy.
Experts have suggested that to avoid making a bad situation worse. The Trump administration should support specific programs that could help counteract the adverse economic effects of Covid-19.
In early 2020 proposals, the U.S. government outlined a funding cut to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) by an alarming 16%. The government also planned to cut $85 million that was initially meant for the program for Zoonotic Infectious Diseases and $25 million allocated to the Health and Human Services department.
The government also announced a plan to cur $18 million from what was initially granted to the strategic Hospital Preparedness Department. In the new measures, the administration planned to inject an extra $1.25 billion — all pulled from various federal programs — in fresh emergency funds to boost the COVID -19 response efforts.
Despite these targeted measures, other experts believe the government any budget cuts for strategic institutions should support coordinated efforts to deal with the COVID -19 outbreak. And they advised the government to invest in emergency preparedness and public health to act proactively to minimize harm.
U.S. Companies, State Governments and Households in Deeper Debt in 2020
Compared to the period preceding the SARS outbreak, many American companies, households, and state governments are deeper debt now than ever before. The national nonfinancial corporate debt for major U.S. companies today stands at about $10 billion.
And this figure went up from a mere $4.8 trillion back in 2003. Interestingly, the Deutch Bank recently released an analysis that indicated that the major world economies, including the U.S., now carry unprecedented debt levels since the Second World War.
Despite this, these nations will have to service debts regardless of declining jobs, tax revenues, and customers; they would do so despite running economies that are increasingly weakening. Ultimately, the fixed costs will leave the nations with little money to use in other areas of the economy. Certainly, as we all know, large debts are a perfect catalyst for spurring an economic slowdown.
This is especially true if central banks are unable to cut down on interest rates. One of the most apparent effects of the COVID- 19 outbreak is the unprecedented disruption in the global supply chain. This situation has affected money supply issues in the U.S. in a peculiar way.
U.S. Smart Technology and Motor Industries Hurting from Money Supply Issues
After the Coronavirus broke out in December 2019, many U.S. manufacturers were forced to reduce operations or close down altogether.
Many others could not finish their production as planned. Among the most affected U.S. companies were smart technology and motor assembly industries. Because most companies were unable to deliver goods to customers, it severely hampered economic activity, leading to reduced growth.
Moreover, many consumers are buying fewer items due to lingering worries about the spread of the deadly virus. Instead of spending, most citizens are focused on boosting their own emergency savings.
Because many companies have been forced to close, household income levels have significantly declined. This means workers are bringing home less money than before, if anything, while while still having to deal with higher monthly payments.
With dwindling spending money, the overall demand for goods in the U.S. has plummited.
The U.S. Loses a Whopping $10.3 Billion From Chinese Flight Cancellations
Due to massive flight cancellations affecting travel between the U.S. and other countries, many people are no longer visiting from countries like China.
So, some consulting firms have estimated that, since the U.S. is losing 1.6 million potential visitors from China, this translates to a staggering $10.3 billion loss.
And U.S. multinational companies that rely on Chinese markets have suffered huge losses and closed businesses. The fact that most companies can no longer access the major international markets means there will be huge repercussions for the growth of the U.S. economy, money supply, and employment.
COVID -19 pandemic has led the U.S. to what some describe as "a black swan situation." This is a highly unpredictable and rare incident that leads to devastating consequences.
Since the virus visited the world in early 2020, the U.S.'s money supply has sat stagnat while unexpected economic problems run rampent. Many companies have scaled-down operations, while others have closed their doors for good.
Thousands of people have lost jobs. Leading to lower purchasing power, less demand for goods, and lower consumption rates. Being in that black swan situation, the government is tasked with steering a sinking ship away from a pandemic-themed iceburg. Can you hear the violin's playing?
When it comes to the current U.S.'s money supply quagmire, the jury is still out on whether a life raft is floating on the horizon.


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Samsung has installed Onyx cinema LEDs in 16 count...
Samsung has installed Onyx cinema LEDs in 16 countries
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Samsung unveiled the Onyx LED cinema screen back in July 2017 at the Lotte Cinema World Tower in South Korea. Two years on, the revolutionary cinema screens have now made their debut in 16 countries across the world. The Onyx LED cinema screens bring 4K image quality, HDR capabilities, highest brightness, and more contrast to the big screen, offering an immersive viewing experience to the audience. China has the most theaters with Onyx LED screens Following installations in its home country, Samsung brought the Onyx LED cinema screens to several overseas markets over the years. Thailand was the first overseas market to get this next-gen solution.
The Onyx screens have since made their debut in India, China, Malaysia, the US, as well as several European countries, including Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France and Spain. In December last year, Samsung installed the world's largest Onyx LED cinema screen in China. Some of the cinemas in South Korea, the US, China, Germany and India have 3D Onyx LED screens. As of now, Onyx screens are installed at 32 different theaters in 16 countries across the world. China has the most Onyx screen theaters with seven, followed by India with five.
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Asus Announces Gaming Laptops With New Nvidia, AMD, Intel Components and 16:10 Screens
Asus is completely retooling its laptop line for CES 2023, with new introductions across its ROG flagship brand including Flow, Zephyrus, and Strix models, as well as the cheaper TUF gaming laptops. They amount to a significant number of new and upgraded laptops, using a combination of the latest silicon from Intel, AMD and Nvidia. (In many cases, however, Asus is only referred to "next-gen" GPUs and processors in our press briefing and materials.) Almost all of the laptops are getting MUX switches, as well, to prolong battery life when you're not gaming.
The biggest announcement, quite literally, is that Asus is taking the ROG Strix line up to 16 and 18 inches on Intel and Nvidia models: the Strix Scar 16/18 and the Strix G16/18. Both will use Intel Core processors with 65W TDPs and Nvidia RTX GPUs that require up to 175W.
The Scar series will use up to 64GB of DDR5-4800 RAM and up to 4TB in storage with two PCIe SSDs in RAID 0, while the G-series Strix will use up to 32GB RAM and a 2TB PCIe SSD with an additional slot for an upgrade. Both are also moving to 16:10 aspect ratios. The Scars will get an option for a Mini-LED QHD 240 Hz screen with Asus's "Nebula HDR" and 1,100 nits peak brightness, but the Strix G laptops ditch the HDR for a QHD 240 Hz Nebula display with 500 nits.
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The 18-incher also gets an RGB light bar around the front, because when you're going this big, why not scream that you're gaming?
The Strix Scar 17 and G17 are still around as options for next-gen AMD systems using Nvidia GeForce graphics. 16:9 isn't dead just yet.
The Zephyrus Series includes a new Duo 16, as well as the G14, G16 and M16 getting refreshes.
The new Duo will be an AMD/Nvidia system, going up to next-gen Ryzen 9 and next-gen RTX GPUs. The top-screen goes up to a Mini-LED QHD 240 Hz display with 1,152 dimming zones.. The storage goes up to 4TB of PCIe Gen 4 SSD with RAID0, and RAM goes up to 64GB DDR5. There's an FHD IR camera and six speakers on board.
The M16 will be Asus' first gaming laptop with its Anime Matrix display on the lid, allowing for customizable images and messages. It will use next-gen Intel Core H-series processors alongside next-gen Nvidia GeForce RTX GPUs, with a max TGP of 145W (an increase over the 120W on the 2022 model). That's enabled partially due to liquid metal and triple fans with a heatsink that takes up the full width of the laptop. The ROG Nebula HDR display is 16:10 with up to a QHD+ resolution and a 240 Hz refresh rate.
Asus' ROG Zephyrus G14, a darling of the last few years, is staying on the AMD/Nvidia combination train, sporting up to a Ryzen 9 CPU. It's getting a 16:10, 165 Hz display with a 91% screen-to-body ratio. The system will allow a TGP up to 125W with dynamic boost, and move from DDR4 to DDR5. The vapor chamber will cover 48% of the mainboard, which should hopefully help keep it cool.
The 16-incher will use Intel H-series. Here, Asus is promising up to 120W GPU power, as well as up to 48GB of DDR4-3200 RAM (it's surprising to see the older RAM here). This system will also have six speakers and a 16:10, QHD+ 240 Hz display.
Asus' Flow series will once again include the Z13 tablet alongside the X13 and X16 2-in-1 laptops. The XG mobile eGPU is being updated to use a new Nvidia GeForce RTX GPU. They're all using next-gen Intel H-series processors.
ROG G22CH Desktop
Asus is also announcing a new desktop at CES, the ROG G22CH. It's a small case that measures just 286 x 115 x 323 mm. It will come with up to a 13th Gen Intel Core i9-13900KF CPU and a next-gen Nvidia GPU, though Asus isn't saying what it was. This case definitely isn't going to fit an RTX 4090; that's for sure. It will come with either liquid or air cooling, a design that Asus says has "easy access" for upgrades, and two different side panel options.
Asus hasn't released pricing for any of its devices, nor full lists of specs, saying that those will come closer to the products' launches. These PCs ara all expected to start rolling out in Q2 of 2022.
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Pomatochelinae is een onderfamilie van kreeftachtigen uit de klasse van de Malacostraca (hogere kreeftachtigen).

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Pylochelidae


Const. Andrew Rosbrook (R), and Det. Const. Laurie McCann (L), who helped save his life.
We just received some amazing news that we have to share. Tonight on The Mikey Network Facebook page, Officer Andrew Rosbrook, left this note telling his story. Andrew's story starts rough, but ends in the best, most inspirational way.
Just 5 months after collapsing from Sudden Cardiac Arrest at the Toronto Half Marathon, Andrew will be running in the National Peace Officers' Memorial Run, from Toronto to Ottawa. He expects to run between 80 and 100 kilometres!
" On May 5th, 2013, while nearing the finish of the Toronto Half Marathon, I collapsed. Within seconds, a police officer, two off duty doctors and a trainee paramedic were on scene. They rolled me over and realized I did not have a pulse and was not breathing. For close to seven minutes they performed CPR and AR on me.
Twice they thought they could feel a pulse and twice they realized that my heart was not pumping on its own. Two paramedics on bicycles arrived carrying a portable AED which had been provided by the Mikey Network. The pads were applied and I was shocked once. My heart started and I was transported to St Mikes Hospital where a stent was introduced to my left descending artery, which had become completely blocked.
After three days I was released from hospital and within a month I was running again. As an avid and experienced competitive runner, it would have been unimaginable for me not to run.
On September 26 (Five months after my cardiac arrest) I will be part of a team of 250 police officers and law enforcement professionals running from Toronto to Ottawa to honour those officers who have given their lives in the line of duty. We shall arrive in Ottawa on September 28. I expect to run somewhere in the region of 80 to 100 kilometres in the three day period.
I am doing this run not only to give thanks to fallen officers and support their families, but also to illustrate and highlight the awesome benefit of AED's, the crucial role they played in my survival and recovery and my hope that one day they will be as commonplace in our society as fire extinguishers.
We know you will join us in supporting Andrew as he runs in the National Peace Officers' Memorial Run. His story is an inspiration to all of here at The Mikey Network.


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APOGONIDAE
Siphamia
cephalotes
Wood's Siphonfish, Siphamia cephalotes (Castelnau 1875)
Other Names: Little Siphonfish, Woods Siphon Fish, Wood's Siphon-fish
Wood's Siphonfish, Siphamia cephalotes, in Nelson Bay, New South Wales. Source: Dave Harasti / http://www.daveharasti.com/. License: All rights reserved
A bronze to silvery-green cardinalfish with a silvery tube-like light organ visible along the lower surface, a dark spot on the caudal-fin base, and a coppery midlateral stripe. These small, slender bioluminescent fishes live amongst seagrasses and macroalgae on rocky reefs in the southern half of Australia.
Bray, D.J. 2018, Siphamia cephalotes in Fishes of Australia, accessed 18 Jul 2019, http://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4232
Widespread in coastal marine and estuarine environments from Byron Bay, New South Wales, to Exmouth Gulf, Western Australia, and south to Cape Barren Island, Tasmania.
Wood's Siphonfish inhabits reefs in bays, estuaries and along the coast. It is most active a night and is rarely seen by divers as it usually shelters under ledges, and in seagrass and kelp beds during the day.
Dorsal fin VI + I, 7-9; Anal fin II, 8-9; Caudal fin 17; Pectoral fin 12-14; Pelvic fin I, 5; Lateral line scales 22-23 (tubed); Median pre-dorsal scales 4-5; Gill rakers 4-6 + 14-16; developed gill rakers 1-3 + 13-16 = 15-18.
Body relatively slender, depth 3.2–4.8 in SL; body width 1.6–1.8 in depth; eye diameter 3.2–3.7 in head length; caudal-peduncle slender.
Preopercular edge and ridge smooth, the ventral edge slightly crenulate; 1–3 series of small teeth on palatines. Pectoral fin rays unbranched and compressed distally.
Scales large, mostly ctenoid (some cycloid); tubed lateral-line scales with a vertical series of papillae. Tip of light organ on each side of tongue bound by a membrane.
Individuals in seagrass habitats are usually greenish, while those inhabiting kelp beds are usually brown.
Body overall pale silvery, head and abdomen with a greenish or yellowish hue, peppered with small dark brown dots; upper part of body from above eye, along dorsal-fin bases and upper part of caudal peduncle densely peppered with dark dots.
Fins pale with faint small spots; anal-fin base with a line of dark brown dots or short dashes; caudal-fin base with a dark spot.
Light organ a silvery stripe with dark dots along lower edge of body from pelvic-fin base tapering to along most of caudal peduncle.
Bacterial bioluminescent system present. Males incubate the developing eggs in their mouths.
Similar Species
Siphamia cephalotes differs from all other species in the genus Siphamia in having 15-18 developed gill rakers on the first arch. S. roseigaster has 13–15 developed rakers, a higher number of second dorsal- and anal-fin rays (9–11), and a higher number of pectoral-fin rays (14) that are mostly branched. It also lacks palatine teeth and the light organ in its mouth has a free ending.
Scopelus cephalotes Castelnau 1875, Researches on the fishes of Australia 2: 4. Type locality: Adelaide, South Australia.
Allen, G.R. 1999. Apogonidae. pp. 2602-2610 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 4 pp. 2069-2790.
Allen, G.R. & Gomon, M.F. 2008. Family Apogonidae. pp. 557-561 in Gomon. M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp.
Castelnau, F.L. de 1875. Researches on the fishes of Australia. Intercolonial Exhibition Essays. 2. pp. 1–52 in, Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876 : Official Record. Melbourne.
Fishelson, L., Gon, O., Goren, M. & Ben-David-Zaslow, R. 2005. The oral cavity and bioluminescent organs of the cardinal fish species Siphamia permutata and S. cephalotes (Perciformes, Apogonidae). Marine Biology 147: 603-609 DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-005-1613-x Abstract
Gomon, M.F. 1994. Family Apogonidae. pp. 562-571 figs 499-506 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs.
Gon, O. & Allen, G.R. 2012. Revision of the Indo-Pacific cardinalfish genus Siphamia (Perciformes: Apogonidae). Zootaxa 3294: 1-84
Hutchins, J.B. 1994. A survey of the nearshore reef fish fauna of Western Australia's west and south coasts — The Leeuwin Province. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 46: 1-66 figs 1-6
Hutchins, J.B. & Swainston, R. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. Complete field guide for anglers and divers. Perth : Swainston Publishing 180 pp.
Hutchins, J.B. & Thompson, M. 1983. The Marine and Estuarine Fishes of South-western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 103 pp. 345 figs.
Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp.
Mabuchi, K., Fraser, T.H., Song, H., Azuma, Y. & Nishida, M. 2014. Revision of the systematics of the cardinalfishes (Percomorpha: Apogonidae) based on molecular analyses and comparative reevaluation of morphological characters. Zootaxa 3846(2): 151–203
McCulloch, A.R. 1921. Studies in Australian fishes, No. 7. Records of the Australian Museum 13(4): 123-142 pls 21-24 (as Adenapogon woodi)
Neira, F.J., Miskiewicz, A.G. & Trnski, T. 1998. Larvae of temperate Australian fishes: laboratory guide for larval fish identification. Nedlands, Western Australia : University of Western Australia press 474 pp.
Scott, T.D., Glover, C.J.M. & Southcott, R.V. 1974. The Marine and Freshwater Fishes of South Australia. Adelaide : Government Printer 392 pp. figs.
Whitley, G.P. 1933. Studies in Ichthyology No. 7. Records of the Australian Museum 19(1): 60-112 figs 1-4 pls 11-15 (as Adenapogon (Scopelapogon) cephalotes)
ACTINOPTERYGII Ray-finned fishes
PERCIFORMES Perches and allies
APOGONIDAE Cardinalfishes
Biology:Bioluminescent; mouth brooders
Habitat:Reef associated
Max Size:5 cm
Native:Endemic


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is an Occitan word meaning 'banished' or 'proscribed'; it is used to denote a lord dispossessed of his land and title.

In historical works it is commonly used in reference to lords in the Languedoc who ran afoul of the Catholic Church during the Albigensian Crusade, who were accused of heresy and had their properties confiscated by the church. Some  abandoned their property of their own accord to avoid the crusaders, and it may have been confiscated in absentia later.

Many of the lords took up arms against the crusaders and effectively became outlaws, ambushing crusaders whenever the opportunity presented itself.

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Funding fights lead to vulnerable votes
Nov 7, 2018 | News, Nordic in the News
There likely isn't a quick fix for complex U.S. election integrity challenges such as social-engineering interference on Facebook. Experts say there is a straightforward response, however, to vulnerable voting-machine software. The problem is that it involves cooperation in Congress.
When the Senate failed to move the Secure Elections Act forward in August because of White House concerns over states' rights, coupled with funding concerns, the United States lost its best chance this year of taking steps toward patching voting machines. The most recent federal dollars devoted to improving elections came from the Help Americans Vote Act of 2002, which was itself flawed because its authors failed to predict cybersecurity standards for voting machines.
The idea of hackers infiltrating computerized voting machines at the time was "completely ridiculous," says Margaret MacAlpine, a voting-machine security researcher and a founding partner of cybersecurity consultancy Nordic Innovation Labs.
This map shows which electronic voting systems are in use across the U.S., based on data from VerifiedVoting.org. Illustration by Pinguino Kolb/The Parallax
"The cybersecurity threat was more than science fiction at that point," she says. And even now, as knowledge that the machines are vulnerable to hackers spreads, there is still a lack of political will to allocate the funds needed to replace them and ensure that new machines are secured against attacks, she says.
Security vulnerabilities in electronic voting machines, or EVMs, have been well-documented since at least 2005, but officials often believed that the problems could be ignored because manufacturers said the machines couldn't be connected to the Internet. That argument became invalid when manufacturers began routinely installing remote-access software on the machines. Following the 2016 election, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security declared elections to be part of the nation's critical infrastructure.
EVMs are still in heavy use in the United States. And their security issues extend beyond software vulnerabilities: DefCon's latest Voting Machine Hacking Village report says hackers could break even their physical locks—designed to prevent unauthorized access to the power switch, USB ports, and modem ports—in 5 seconds.
"The crux of the problem" with today's EVM software, MacAlpine says, "is that the county officials who maintain election equipment are locked into extremely expensive service deals. But because the machine parts are so old, they can't be maintained by the counties. It's this horrible Catch-22."
At stake is the ability for voters to trust that their ballots are properly counted, and for election observers to be able to verify that those ballots were cast without interference. And while counties and states nationwide have the opportunity between each election to change how they handle the country's most sacred democratic institution, few have done much to improve electronic voting machines.
Read the complete article at the-parallax.com
Seth Rosenblatt is editor of The Parallax.
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New Zealand's next parliament is set to be the most diverse ever
WELLINGTON: New Zealand's next parliament is set to be the most inclusive ever, with several pe..
WELLINGTON: New Zealand's next parliament is set to be the most inclusive ever, with several people of colour, members from the rainbow communities and a high number of women.
The ruling Labour Party was handed a resounding mandate in the election over the weekend, as voters rewarded Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern for her decisive response to COVID-19.
Although Ardern has the numbers to govern alone, she is in talks with former ally the Green Party to build a wider consensus.
Labour won 64 of the 120 parliamentary seats, and more than half of those are female candidates. It also has 16 indigenous Maori MPs, the first leader of African origin, Ibrahim Omar, and Vanushi Walters of Sri Lankan origin.
READ: New Zealand's Ardern to form government within 3 weeks after historic election win
"This is the most diverse parliament we have ever had in terms of gender, and minority ethnic and indigenous representation," said Professor Paul Spoonley from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Massey University.
It is also expected to be the most rainbow representative parliament system in the world, with about 10 per cent of the members in the 120-seat house being openly lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender.
This includes prominent leaders like Finance Minister Grant Robertson who is openly gay.
The Greens surprisingly won as many as 10 seats in parliament and a majority of them are women, indigenous leaders or LGBTQ+.
The majority of the new MPs elected into parliament are also much younger and many of them are millennialsRead More – Source
Trump Envoy Hopes Israeli-Arab Peace Deals Will Continue No Matter Who Wins US Election
Tower of London ravens re-adapt to life after COVID-19 lockdown
Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh have received their Covid-19 vaccinations, a Buckingham Palace spokesperson said Saturday.
The inoculations were administered by a household doctor at Windsor Castle, a royal source said.
To prevent inaccuracies and further speculation, Her Majesty, who 94, decided that she would let it be known that she has had the vaccination, the source added. Her husband is 99 years old.
The couple's son, Prince Charles, tested positive for coronavirus and went into isolation in March. The 72-year-old later said he was lucky to only experience mild symptoms, adding he'd "got away with it quite lightly."
Meanwhile, their grandson Prince William, second-in-line to the British throne, also tested positive for coronavirus earlier this year, UK media reported, though exactly when he contracted the virus is unclear.
The UK has recorded more than 3 million cases of Covid-19 and more than 80,000 deaths, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University on Saturday.
The UK reported 1,325 coronavirus-related fatalities on Friday — its highest ever daily increase in deaths.
Health officials face a deadly start to 2021 as a new coronavirus variant, first detected in the UK, sweeps the nation.
In the capital, London's mayor declared a "major incident" on Friday, warning that hospitals in the city were close to being overrun.
"The situation in London is now critical with the spread of the virus out of control," Mayor Sadiq Khan said in a statement.
"The number of cases in London has increased rapidly with more than a third more patients being treated in our hospitals now compared to the peak of the pandemic last April.
"We are declaring a major incident because the threat this virus poses to our city is at crisis point," Khan added. "If we do not take immediate action now, our [National Health Service] could be overwhelmed and more people will die."
Read from source: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/09/uk/queen-elizabeth-vaccine-intl-gbr/index.html
Dozens of people were killed in an attack in Niger on Saturday, in a suspected jihadist attack.
The attack took place around 12:00 CET in the Tchomo-Bangou village in Tillabéri, a western region bordering Mali.
"The assailants surrounded the village and killed up to 50 people," a local radio journalist said anonymously. "The wounded have been evacuated to the hospital in Ouallam."
It came on the day provisional results for the first round of the presidential election, held on December 27, were released.
Mohamed Bazoum, the candidate for the ruling Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS) and a former interior minister, is in the lead with 39.3 per cent of the votes. Bazoum has vowed to strengthen the country's fight against Islamist groups.
The second round of the election is to be held on February 21.
Niger has been a target for jihadist attacks for years, particularly in the western and southeastern parts of the country.
On December 21, six days before the presidential poll, seven soldiers were killed in Tillabéri. In May 2020, twenty people, including children, were also killed in two of the region's villages.
Read from source: https://www.euronews.com/2021/01/03/dozens-killed-in-suspected-jihadist-attack-in-niger
People in Niger began voting in the country's presidential and parliamentary elections on Sunday.
Mohamed Bazoum, the right-hand man of outgoing President Mahamadou Issoufou is the favourite to win.
The sixty-year-old former interior minister is aiming for outright victory in the first round — something that no candidate has done before.
He's focussing on security and education.
Over 7 million people are eligible to vote. But some voters, like Gambina Moumouni, simply want a president they can trust.
"We pray to Allah to choose us the president who has the most mercy for the people, a president who will not betray the country and who will not betray the trust of the people, that is our wish. It is also our wish that Allah may help to make the poor, the peasants, the (cattle) breeders happy.
Thirty candidates are standing including two former presidents and two former prime ministers, but according to seasoned observers in the region, the poll is arousing little enthusiasm among the population.
Niger is the world's poorest according to the UN's Human Development Index and also one of those hardest hit by climate change.
Read from source: https://www.euronews.com/2020/12/27/niger-votes-in-presidential-and-legislative-elections


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Chemielaboranten bzw. Chemielabortechniker (Österreich) arbeiten in einer engen Kooperation mit Naturwissenschaftlern und Ingenieuren in Forschungs-, Entwicklungs- und Produktionslaboratorien der Industrie, an Hochschulen, in chemischen Forschungsstätten und in Untersuchungsstellen. Bei der Übertragung eines chemischen Verfahrens vom Labormaßstab in den betrieblichen Maßstab werden sie auch in Technika eingesetzt.

Chemielaboranten führen Analysen, Synthesen und messtechnische Aufgaben selbständig durch, dabei planen sie die in Laboratorien vorkommenden praktischen Arbeitsabläufe, protokollieren die Arbeiten und werten die Arbeitsergebnisse aus. Bei ihren Arbeiten müssen sie mit hoher Verantwortung insbesondere die Vorschriften und Regelungen zur Arbeitssicherheit, zum Gesundheitsschutz, zum Umweltschutz sowie zur Qualitätssicherung berücksichtigen. Sie besitzen eine breit angelegte naturwissenschaftliche Ausbildung, die es ihnen ermöglicht, in vielen unterschiedlichen Bereichen team- und projektbezogen zu arbeiten.

Situation in Deutschland
Die Ausbildung zum Chemielaboranten ist in Deutschland nach dem Berufsbildungsgesetz geregelt und findet an den Lernorten Betrieb und Berufsschule im so genannten Dualen System statt. Sie dauert in der Regel 3½ Jahre und kann bei guter Leistung auf 3 oder in Ausnahmefällen auf 2½ Jahre verkürzt werden. Chemielaboranten

 bereiten chemische und physikalisch-chemische Laboruntersuchungen und Versuchsreihen vor und führen sie durch,
 stellen Lösungen her,
 bestimmen die Konzentration von Lösungen (z. B. Säuren oder Laugen),
 bestimmen Nebenprodukte,
 berechnen die Ausbeute chemischer Synthesen,
 führen chromatographische Trennungen durch,
 führen chemische Mess- und Umwandlungsverfahren sowie stöchiometrische Berechnungen durch,
 bedienen chemisch-technische Apparaturen und Laborgeräte und überwachen deren Betrieb,
 warten Apparaturen und Laborgeräte und halten sie in Stand,
 kontrollieren und protokollieren chemische Vorgänge.

Im Jahre 2002 wurde die Ausbildungsordnung novelliert. Die ersten beiden Ausbildungsjahre widmen sich der grundlegenden Ausbildung für das chemische Labor. In den darauf folgenden Ausbildungsjahren werden verschiedene Wahlqualifikationen gewählt (zum Beispiel Spektroskopie, Chromatographie, Verfahrenstechnik, Synthesetechnik).
Eine Aufspaltung in verschiedene Fachrichtungen existiert somit nicht mehr.
Eine Fortbildungsmöglichkeit ist der Chemietechniker.

Prüfung
Ab der Erprobungsverordnung von 2002 wurde die Abschlussprüfung in zwei Teile aufgeteilt, dieses wurde durch die Neuordnung 2009 bestätigt. Der erste Teil der Abschlussprüfung ist für das Ende des zweiten Ausbildungsjahres vorgesehen. Er trägt 35 % der Endnote bei und behandelt primär die organisch-präparative Chemie. Der zweite Teil der Abschlussprüfung (mit 65 % gewertet) erfolgt zum regulären Ende der Ausbildung und behandelt die Bereiche anorganische und analytische Chemie sowie 3 von 8 ausgewählten Wahlqualifikationen. Der Prüfungsbereich "Wirtschafts- und Sozialkunde" wird im zweiten Teil geprüft und trägt dabei 10 % zur Gesamtnote bei.

Situation in der Schweiz
Die Ausbildung zum Chemielaboranten dauert  drei Jahre und erfolgt nach dem dualen bzw. trialen Ausbildungsmodell. Die Ausbildung kann, entsprechende Bildung (im Fall einer Zweitausbildung) vorausgesetzt, auf 2 Jahre verkürzt werden, wobei hier die theoretische Ausbildung an der Berufsschule wegfällt. Gelernt werden neben den allgemeinen chemischen Grundlagen auch organische Chemie, Umweltkunde, Giftkunde, Fachenglisch, Physikalische Grundlagen, Biologie, Fachrechnen und Labormethodik.

Es gibt folgende drei Spezialisierungsrichtungen: Analytik, Synthese und Galenik.

Prüfung
Die chemischen Grundlagen werden, vorgezogen, im vierten Semester geprüft und zählt mit der Note der Fachenglischprüfung zusammen. Die eigentliche LAP findet Ende des dritten Lehrjahres statt und besteht aus folgenden Teilprüfungen:

 2 Tage praktische Prüfung im Labor
 Biologie (vorgezogen, 45 Minuten)
 Organische Chemie, Allgemeine Chemie, Fachenglisch, Labormethodik und Physikalische Grundlagen (LPMG), je eine Stunde
 Fachrechnen, 100 Minuten
 Allgemeinbildung (für Auszubildende, die ihre erste Ausbildung machen)

Eine Zwischenprüfung findet nicht statt.
Die mündlichen Prüfungen wurden 2008 zum letzten Mal durchgeführt. Sie wurden damals in Organischer Chemie und Allgemeiner Chemie abgenommen und die dabei erhaltenen Prüfungsnoten jeweils mit dem schriftlichen Prüfungsergebnis zu einer Unternote zusammengerechnet.

Situation in Österreich
Die Ausbildungsinhalte unterscheiden sich nur unwesentlich von denen in Deutschland oder der Schweiz, die offizielle Bezeichnung lautet in Österreich abweichend Labortechniker. Der Lehrberuf Chemielabortechnik wurde per 1. Juni 2015 durch den Modullehrberuf Labortechnik ersetzt. Im Lehrberuf Chemielabortechnik können keine neuen Ausbildungen mehr begonnen werden. In diesem Modullehrberuf wurden mit 1. Juni 2016 die möglichen Modulkombinationen geändert.

Die Ausbildung im Modullehrberuf Labortechnik umfasst verpflichtend eine zweijährige Ausbildung im Grundmodul Labortechnik und eine eineinhalbjährige Ausbildung in einem der folgenden Hauptmodule:
 Chemie
 Lack- und Anstrichmittel
 Biochemie
Zusätzlich kann in einem weiteren halben Ausbildungsjahr ein zweites Hauptmodul oder das Spezialmodul Laborautomation gewählt werden.

Kombinationsmöglichkeiten: Das Hauptmodul "Biochemie" kann mit den anderen Hauptmodulen nicht kombiniert werden. Ansonsten sind alle Kombinationen zulässig.
Dauer der Lehrzeit:
 3,5 Jahre: Grundmodul + ein Hauptmodul
 4 Jahre: Grundmodul + ein Hauptmodul + ein Spezialmodul
 4 Jahre: Grundmodul + zwei Hauptmodule

Prüfung
Die Lehrabschlussprüfung gliedert sich in einen praktischen und in einen theoretischen Teil. Die theoretische Prüfung umfasst die Gegenstände Chemie, Technologie und Angewandte Mathematik. Der praktische Teil besteht aus einer Prüfarbeit und einem darauf aufbauenenden kommissionellen Fachgespräch. Die Prüfarbeit ist im Wesentlichen die Bearbeitung eines
betrieblichen Arbeitsauftrages mit Dokumentation.

Bekannte Chemielaboranten (Auswahl)
Es gibt eine Reihe von Chemielaboranten, die beachtliche akademische Würden erlangten. Helmut Schwarz wurde als Professor an der Technischen Universität Berlin, Träger des Heinz Maier-Leibnitz-Preises und Präsident der Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung bekannt. Heino Finkelmann war Professor für Organische Chemie an der Universität Freiburg, Dieter Hoppe an der Universität Münster, Ulrich Stottmeister an der Universität Leipzig, Heinz Köser an der Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg  und Jürgen Gmehling der Universität Oldenburg. Jürgen Martens ist Professor am Institut für Chemie der Universität Oldenburg. In England begann Carol V. Robinson als Chemielaborantin. Der historisch wohl berühmteste Chemielaborant ist Michael Faraday.

Siehe auch
 Chemisch-Technischer Assistent
 Chemielaborjungwerker
 Chemikant

Quellen
 Reglement über die Ausbildung und die Lehrabschlussprüfung in der Schweiz (PDF-Datei; 8 kB).
  (Deutschland)
 Ausbildungsverordnung des österreichischen Wirtschaftsministeriums (PDF; 49 kB) gültig seit 2000.

Literatur
Ausbildungs-/Lerninhalte für Chemielaboranten:
 Brackmann, Peter, Grote-Wolff, Astrid u. a.: Fachwissen Chemie 1: Kernqualifikationen für Laborberufe, Europa-Verlag, Haan-Gruiten 2011, 1. Auflage, ISBN 978-3-8085-6991-7 (Für Auszubildende zum Chemielaboranten u. ähnl. Laborberufe)
 Wächter, Michael: Chemielabor. Einführung in die Laborpraxis, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim 2011, 1. Auflage, ISBN 978-3-527-32996-0 (Für Chemiestudiums-Erstsemester an Unis und FHs, für Auszubildende zum Chemisch-technischen Assistenten CTA, Chemielaborant usw.)

Weblinks

 Berufsbild Chemielaborant

 Berufs- und Brancheninfos der Wirtschaftskammer Österreich
 Ausbildungs- und Weiterbildungsinfos des Instituts für Bildungsforschung der Wirtschaft: BerufsInformationsComputer (BIC)
 Informationen zum Berufsbild Labortechnik im Berufslexikon des Arbeitsmarktservice Österreich (AMS)
 Vergleich der Berufsbilder des Chemielaboranten und des Chemikanten im ChemieAzubi Blog
 Was verdienen Chemielaboranten/innen? Eine Analyse von Einkommensdaten auf Basis der WSI-Lohnspiegel-Datenbank

Ausbildungsberuf
Laborberuf
Beruf (Chemie)
Lehrberuf (Schweiz)


That which is old becomes new again… Ladies and gentleman, this is not a drill. We've been fantasizing about this day for years—so long in fact that it feels like a distant pipe dream. No, this doesn't feel real at all, but it is (we've been pinching ourselves all morning)….


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Super Branding
The New England Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons are not the only ones gearing up for Super Bowl LI, this NFL Championship game is also extremely important for marketers and brands. With over 100 million viewers each year, having your product in a Super Bowl commercial is a guaranteed (but expensive) way for brands to make themselves known. This year advertisers are thinking outside of the box to keep viewers engaged. As Bruce Lefkowitz, the executive VP of ad sales for Fox Networks Group said, "Companies are rethinking how they can ensure getting attention, and awareness from viewers."
Mars, the company behind Snickers and the famous "you're not you when you're hungry" slogan, is taking an attention-grabbing risk by filming their commercial live during the third quarter of the football game. Allison Miazga-Bedrick, the Snickers brand director said, "every year we challenge ourselves to find new ways to satisfy our fans hunger for entertainment by delivering something new and breakthrough, and there is no better way than being the first to have a Super Bowl live ad." Recently, live ads have been gaining traction on many TV channels. For example, in December, during the NBC broadcast of the musical "Hairspray Live" brands like Oreo, Toyota, and Reddi-Wip all used live ads to attract customers. Marketers and Advertisers are using live ads because it is an effective way to draw more attention and capitalize on excitement from TV or Facebook, and anything that happens in real time. This makes the audience feel like they're not being forced to watch commercials, but are actually part of a captive live experience. In an effort to gain additional awareness and excitement from viewers, Mars is hosting a 36-hour live stream on their website and Facebook page which will begin Thursday before the game. Although not many details have been revealed about the 36-hour live stream, the brand did say that the stream will tie into the commercials western theme and be a fully integrated 360 campaign to reinforce the brand's connection to hunger satisfaction.
Brands like Mars are working hard to appeal to customers. They are staying on top of the trends by tapping into the growing interest in live streaming, and the Super Bowl is the best platform for them to get in front of the largest number of customers. Hopefully these live ads run smoothly during the game; and more importantly, hopefully the Falcons take down the Patriots, because as attractive as Tom Brady is, I really don't want to see him take home his fifth Super Bowl title.
- Kate Moelis


Digital Extremes, the creators of the hit free-to-play Warframe, announced Keystone, a new franchise under development in the form of a competitive first person shooter that mixes action with strategy cards, promising to start testing the alpha version this week.
In Keystone, the characters will travel to a 1970s style multiverse depicted as if it were a virtual board game, using unique decks that bestow special bonuses, powers and weapons. Players will also be building up a deck and collecting cards, with which they can deploy boosts and other tide-turning abilities. Digital Extremes have not revealed more details than a promotional image, but because of all its work by independently launching Warframe and putting it at the top of the free-to-play experiences, it is to be trusted that the product will be interesting.
The date of the alpha has not yet been revealed, but you can already register on the official site for notification.


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One Day Sightseeing Tour Barcelona. Full day in Barcelona with guide seeing all the highlights of the city.


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Q: How do I send a task log within a release from an azure devops deployment pipeline to a Microsoft teams channel? A MS teams channel has been configured to notify us after the last stage (prod deployment) in an azure devops pipeline has completed. However, there is a need to include SQL execution statistics like rows affected, duration etc. which I'm capturing in the logs in the release pipeline. Is there way to extract that single task log within a stage in the pipeline and post it to the teams channel?
Currently I'm offering stakeholders the ability to click on the link that takes them to the release within ADO and view the log that way. But I would like to just offer the log on the teams channel and save people time and confusion. I'm including a couple links as reference as to what I have been looking at, the official MS documentation and another is a stack overflow thread with a similar question, but for slack.
If it is done with this api, how would I capture the taskId? I'm not fully understanding how to do this:
GET https://vsrm.dev.azure.com/{organization}/{project}/_apis/release/releases/{releaseId}/environments/{environmentId}/deployPhases/{releaseDeployPhaseId}/tasks/{taskId}/logs?api-version=5.0-preview.2


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El Xoconoxtle är en ort i Mexiko.   Den ligger i kommunen San Diego de la Unión och delstaten Guanajuato, i den centrala delen av landet,  km nordväst om huvudstaden Mexico City. El Xoconoxtle ligger  meter över havet och antalet invånare är .

Terrängen runt El Xoconoxtle är en högslätt. Den högsta punkten i närheten är  meter över havet,  km norr om El Xoconoxtle. Runt El Xoconoxtle är det ganska tätbefolkat, med  invånare per kvadratkilometer. Närmaste större samhälle är San Luis de la Paz,  km öster om El Xoconoxtle. Trakten runt El Xoconoxtle består till största delen av jordbruksmark.

Ett kallt stäppklimat råder i trakten. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är  °C. Den varmaste månaden är april, då medeltemperaturen är  °C, och den kallaste är januari, med  °C. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är  millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är juli, med i genomsnitt  mm nederbörd, och den torraste är mars, med  mm nederbörd.

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This is a guided cycling trip around the Slovenian region of Kras, the land of prosciutto, and a famous red wine called Teran.
Departing from Ljubljana and travelling to the wonderful Karst region, known for prosciutto, and teran, a fiery red thick wine. Karst boasts a magnificent landscape as well as picturesque, stone–built villages, such as Štanjel, Komen, Šepulje, Dobravlje, etc. Nice and hospitable locals indulge tourists with the best, genuine local specialties, while the Karst region itself is memorable for its various unique features.


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package org.camunda.bpm.engine;

/**
 * This exception is thrown when you try to claim a task that is already claimed
 * by someone else.
 *
 * @author Jorg Heymans
 * @author Falko Menge
 */
public class TaskAlreadyClaimedException extends ProcessEngineException {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

    /** the id of the task that is already claimed */
    private String taskId;

    /** the assignee of the task that is already claimed */
    private String taskAssignee;

    public TaskAlreadyClaimedException(String taskId, String taskAssignee) {
        super("Task '" + taskId + "' is already claimed by someone else.");
        this.taskId = taskId;
        this.taskAssignee = taskAssignee;
    }

    public String getTaskId() {
        return this.taskId;
    }

    public String getTaskAssignee(){
        return this.taskAssignee;
    }

}

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Step 1: Define a Smart Field that displays the text "Fill" in positions with "Vacant" in the name field and "Director" in the title field.
Select the Home tab and click the Define Fields button.
– Click the Add Smart Field button.
– Enter a field name, and select the field type and category.
– Click the Options button.
– In the window that opens, click the Add button.
– Use the drop-down menu in the Condition field to select Add Condition.
– Enter a name and set the criteria.
– Add additional conditions as needed by repeating the preceding steps. In the example below, criteria is set that identifies vacancies that are not director positions. These vacancies are on a hiring hold.
Select Value to display a value if the condition is true.
Select Field to display a field's contents if the condition is true.
Select Hide to hide the smart field if the condition is true.
*Note: in this example, when the Fill condition is satisfied, the text "FILL" will display; when the On Hold condition is satisfied, the text "ON HOLD" will display.
– Use the Format button to format field properties such as font style, color, and alignment.
– Click Ok to exit Define Fields.
– When prompted, select 'Apply the new fields to your entire chart'. The new fields appear where the conditions are met.
Use Smart Fields to do the work of formatting fields for you. Define as many conditions as you need, and watch the field output change automatically when conditions are satisfied.


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Q: Button listeners in a quiz - the old listeners produce wrong output jsfiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/knm81zL2/
I have a quiz like this:

When it's the first question there is just one listener on each button and clicking the wrong buttons doesn't produce the Well done alert or enables the Next button:

However when I go to the next question:

Clicking the previously correct Whale button would result in Well done alert and the Next button becomes enabled:

Clicking on the Monkey button does the same + makes the Monkey button green:

Question

Question

                <button class="btnclass" type="button">A</button>

                <button class="btnclass" type="button">B</button>

                <button class="btnclass" type="button">C</button>

                <button class="btnclass" type="button">D</button>

                <button class="btnclass" type="button">E</button>

                <button class="btnclass" type="button">F</button>

                <button class="btnclass" type="button">G</button>

                <button class="btnclass" type="button">H</button>

                <button class="btnclass" type="button">K</button>

<button id="next-button" type="button">Next</button>

var questions = [
    [
        "Biggets animal", ["Cat", "Dog", "Monkey",
        "Bear", "Whale", "Crocodile",
        "Wolverine", "Dragon", "Pigeon"],
        "Whale"],

    ["Smartest animal", ["Cat", "Dog", "Monkey",
        "Bear", "Whale", "Crocodile",
        "Wolverine", "Dragon", "Pigeon"],
        "Monkey"],

    ["Angriest animal", ["Cat", "Dog", "Monkey",
        "Bear", "Whale", "Crocodile",
        "Wolverine", "Dragon", "Pigeon"],
        "Wolverine"]

];

var k = 0;

var choiceElements = $('#question-number');
var questionTextElement = $('#question-text');
var nextButton = $('#next-button');

var questionCorrect = "F";

var choiceElements = $('.choices');

// questions.forEach(function(question)  {
showQuestion(k, questions[k], questions);

// });

function showQuestion(k, question, questions) {
    nextButton.prop("disabled", true);

    var questionText = question[0];
    // alert(questionText);
    var questionChoices = question[1];
    var questionCorrect = question[2];

    questionTextElement.html(questionText);

    for (var i = 0; i < choiceElements.length; i++) {
        nextButton.prop("disabled", true);
        var buttonElement = $("button", choiceElements[i]);
        buttonElement.html(questionChoices[i])

        buttonElement.on("click", function (event) {

            if ($(this).text() === questionCorrect) {
                console.log("this text: " + $(this).text());
                console.log("question correct: " + questionCorrect);
                $(this).css("background-color", "green");
                alert("well done");
                nextButton.prop("disabled", false);
            } else {
                $(this).css("background-color", "red");
                console.log($(this).html() + " clicked");
                //  $(this).prop("disabled", true);

            }
        });
    }

}

nextButton.on("click", function (event) {
    k++;
    showQuestion(k, questions[k], questions);

    for (var i = 0; i < choiceElements.length; i++) {
        var buttonElement = $("button", choiceElements[i]);
        buttonElement.css("background-color", "transparent");
    }
});

How do I fix this? What is a good-practice approach for a problem like mine?

A: You need to somehow remove/reset the listeners set in the last iteration. I'd call .off('click') before attaching the new click listener in showQuestion:
buttonElement.off('click').on("click", function(event) {

var questions = [
  [
    "Biggets animal", ["Cat", "Dog", "Monkey",
      "Bear", "Whale", "Crocodile",
      "Wolverine", "Dragon", "Pigeon"
    ],
    "Whale"
  ],

  ["Smartest animal", ["Cat", "Dog", "Monkey",
      "Bear", "Whale", "Crocodile",
      "Wolverine", "Dragon", "Pigeon"
    ],
    "Monkey"
  ],

  ["Angriest animal", ["Cat", "Dog", "Monkey",
      "Bear", "Whale", "Crocodile",
      "Wolverine", "Dragon", "Pigeon"
    ],
    "Wolverine"
  ]

];

var k = 0;

var choiceElements = $('#question-number');
var questionTextElement = $('#question-text');
var nextButton = $('#next-button');

var questionCorrect = "F";

var choiceElements = $('.choices');

// questions.forEach(function(question)  {
showQuestion(k, questions[k], questions);
// });

function showQuestion(k, question, questions) {
  nextButton.prop("disabled", true);

  var questionText = question[0];
  // alert(questionText);
  var questionChoices = question[1];
  var questionCorrect = question[2];

  questionTextElement.html(questionText);

  for (var i = 0; i < choiceElements.length; i++) {
    nextButton.prop("disabled", true);
    var buttonElement = $("button", choiceElements[i]);
    buttonElement.html(questionChoices[i])

    buttonElement.off('click').on("click", function(event) {

      if ($(this).text() === questionCorrect) {
        console.log("this text: " + $(this).text());
        console.log("question correct: " + questionCorrect);
        $(this).css("background-color", "green");
        alert("well done");
        nextButton.prop("disabled", false);
      } else {
        $(this).css("background-color", "red");
        console.log($(this).html() + " clicked");
        //  $(this).prop("disabled", true);

      }
    });
  }

}

nextButton.on("click", function(event) {
  k++;
  showQuestion(k, questions[k], questions);

  for (var i = 0; i < choiceElements.length; i++) {
    var buttonElement = $("button", choiceElements[i]);
    buttonElement.css("background-color", "transparent");
  }
});

Question

Question

        <button class="btnclass" type="button">A</button>

        <button class="btnclass" type="button">B</button>

        <button class="btnclass" type="button">C</button>

        <button class="btnclass" type="button">D</button>

        <button class="btnclass" type="button">E</button>

        <button class="btnclass" type="button">F</button>

        <button class="btnclass" type="button">G</button>

        <button class="btnclass" type="button">H</button>

        <button class="btnclass" type="button">K</button>

<button id="next-button" type="button">Next</button>

A: Resetting listeners is one approach, a different one would be to set some variable that stores the number/index of a current question. Then each of the buttons, when clicked, would check if it has the right answer to that question and then choose what to do (Success alert and moving to next question or not). No listener update needed, one variable to set, two to check.


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Q&A with Hsiomei Hung & Roger Mead, Lichau Hill Vineyards
Neither of you have backgrounds in viticulture–you're both urban professionals—but you moved to Sonoma Mountain after falling in love with a property that just happened to have a vineyard on it. When did it become "real" to you that you are now grape-growers? Were there ever any doubts or regrets?
Moving to this property is the best thing that has happened to us since we became emptynesters. It's true, we did not set out to become growers. We were simply looking for a low maintenance second home close to San Francisco, where it would be hot during the summer and mild during the winter. We stumbled across the property on-line and said to the broker, "it's beyond our budget and not what we are looking for, but we'd like to see it just for fun!" Then, we fell in love with it.
We knew nothing about growing grapes and were concerned about the three-acre vineyard and what to do with it. But, with the help of some new friends, we committed to growing premium grapes. Roger's former law partner, Dick Keenan, who planted the Kick Ranch Vineyard, introduced us to Glenn Alexander with Bacchus Vineyard Management and Sanglier Cellars. Entirely by chance, we met Francisco Araujo with Atlas Vineyard Management. Fast forward seven years and we are still constantly learning; while challenging, it is also very rewarding.
Hsiomei, you spent many years as a currency trader in NYC. To be successful as a trader, you have to be comfortable with uncertainty and avoid hasty decisions. Have these qualities helped you with managing the vineyard business?
I came to New York City from Taiwan in 1973 to study. After getting my degree in 1978, I joined an international bank and went through its management training program. I learned I'm attuned to numbers and chose to work in foreign exchange trading. Throughout the 80's I traded foreign currencies in NY, London, and Singapore, wagering bank capital in what we called "proprietary trading;" that is, trading to make a profit for the bank, not to fill customers' orders. This was before the fall of the Berlin Wall, the formation of the European Union, and the Euro. Trading involved near instant decision-
making and embracing uncertainty. One had to be disciplined, measured, intuitive and quick all at the same time to be successful. Farming involves uncertainty, but of a very different type. I can't really say that my trading background helped me become a grower, but I'd say without my tolerance for risk we would not have plunged into this new venture. And what a miss that would have been for us!
Roger, you're an attorney and an experienced commercial litigator. Your bio states that you "seek to understand and solve your clients' problems and help them seize opportunities." Does this skill translate to being a grower?
I'm more deliberative than Hsiomei. My favorite advice for her is "measure twice, cut once." I enjoy solving problems, which requires unpacking and understanding the underlying issues. Hsiomei says I'm an engineer at heart, because I can fix most anything if I can figure out how it works and have the time to put my mind to it. The ability to fix things comes in handy at the vineyard; it seems that there's always something that needs to be fixed or improved. Being hands-on is a good thing.
Lichau Hill Vineyards has just three acres of grapes, and it's planted to Cabernet Sauvignon. Most people think of Pinot and Chard in the Petaluma Gap, not Cab. What is unique about your site that makes this variety do so well?
We wish we could tell you! Our vineyard was planted in 1998. When we took ownership in 2012, everyone was telling us we were growing the wrong grapes on the wrong side of the mountain. But at an elevation of 1250 feet, we are higher than the pinot vineyards near us. We are most often above the fog line, with a southwest exposure that brings heat to the vines during the day, and big daily temperature swings. We are located on Sonoma Mountain; premium cabernet is grown on just the other side of the mountain. The wind on our side adds nuance; and the climate change with warmer temperatures seems to benefit us. Notice all the palm trees that surround our vineyard!
Your grapes have been used to make highly-rated wines from Adobe Road, Sanglier Cellars and Desire Lines. How did you get connected with these winemakers?
The first couple of years, we relied on our vineyard manager to sell our grapes. Then in 2015 Glenn Alexander, who had seen the vineyard when we bought it, approached us and began buying our grapes for his label, Sanglier Cellars. In 2016 we connected with Adobe Road through an industry event. We're very excited about the Petaluma Gap Cab they are making from our grapes and about the waterfront winery they are building in Petaluma. In 2018 we were looking for an additional buyer to take some remaining fruit. Dick Keenan suggested we write to a few winemakers who crafted Sonoma Cabs, and that's how we connected with Desire Lines. They just happened to be looking for a hillside "windy" Cab.
When we asked what your favorite varietal wine is you replied, "Cabernet, of course!" Before you owned the vineyard, what are some of the more memorable Cabs you'd tasted and why did they stand out? Was it the wine itself or the time and place when/where it was enjoyed?
When pressed, we always say "our favorite variety is Cabernet from grapes grown in the Petaluma Gap, and specifically those that are grown on the southwest flank of Sonoma Mountain!" LOL! The truth is, we've always enjoyed lots of varieties. And it's also true that since becoming Cab growers we've developed a greater appreciation for all the nuances that Cab has to offer.
Is there a unique flavor that comes from Lichau Hill Cab?
Tasting notes for Sanglier's 2016 vintage Family Reserve Cabernet, made from our grapes, describe it as "opulent, smooth, lush, textured, with ample cherry and spice." Starting with the 2017 and 2018 vintages, we'll be able to taste what other winemakers, with different styles, do with our grapes and how they showcase the range of flavors that are present in our fruit. Your website says that when you bought the property that the vineyard was "neglected" but that you committed to making it "the best that it could be."
What are some of the enhancements that were needed to bring the vineyard back to life?
This is easy. We gave it love. And, a lot of loving work.
With a small vineyard, it's hard to find a vineyard manager to agree to take on tending the vines. You are working with Atlas Vineyard Management; how did that relationship get started?
Timing was everything. As luck would have it, Atlas Vineyard Management had spun off from Premier Pacific Vineyards at the time we connected with them and Atlas didn't think we were too small for their separate portfolio. It didn't hurt that we are just five minutes from their operational hub at Gaps Crown. We knew none of that at the time; we just saw their phone number on a sign on what looked like a well-managed vineyard. We called and connected with their chief viticulturist, Francisco Araujo, and have enjoyed a great relationship with them ever since.
Owning a vineyard is not for the faint of heart, it can feel like playing roulette as you deal with what Mother Nature provides. Has the challenge of owning vineyard property brought additional stress or has it strengthened your commitment?
Yes, sometimes there is stress, but more often just fretting and worrying. Having said that, the joy of being here with the vines and in nature makes it all worth it.
How much time do you spend in the vineyards; is a walk among the grapevines part of your daily routine?
Roger walks the property daily when we are here. Before and after harvest, I walk every row to drop second growth and conserve energy in the vines. I don't know why, but when the vineyard is done growing and picking, I love to visit it. It's laborious, but it feels intimate and makes me appreciate the crew's efforts when they tend the vines.
You have a son named Weishen. Does he share your love of wine and does he have any interest in the business of growing grapes or making wine?
Weishen hasn't shown any interest in growing grapes or making wines. He's a millennial techie. But he loves that we love it.


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CHEFS 4 THE PLANET
THE GLOBAL INFORMATION AND SOLUTIONS NETWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE GASTRONOMY
Elis Bond
Position: Chef - Paris
: MI KWABO
Elis Bond was planning a career as a graphic designer when he discovered his true passion for cooking. At 21, he opened a restaurant in Paris specializing in traditional Creole cuisine until he decided to embark on a new entrepreneurial project with his wife Vanessa.
They are jointly launching an event catering and home chef activity. It was then that Elis developed this unique culinary signature that characterizes him and is inspired by his West Indian origins, his encounter with Africa through his wife, and his discovery of France for many years.
Together, they wanted to show that African and Caribbean dishes could be refined and be part of the world of gastronomy. This objective was achieved through their restaurant Mi Kwabo in Paris 9th arrondissement.
In 2019, he was recognized by the Gault & Millau guide as "Young Talent" and in 2021 his restaurant Mi Kwabo won the Michelin plate.
His vision of sustainable gastronomy is to refocus on the issue of quality, the origin of our ingredients and the relationships we have with the suppliers of these products.
Do you want to join ?
Our engagement is simultaneously global, but also national and local, anchored in territorial diversity and in the expertise and interest of each of us.
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I'm back from a short hiatus from adventure photography, and determined to spend as much time as possible on the trails this Fall and Winter.
Here we are in mid-November, and Mt Hood has only seen a small dusting of snow. After checking the snow line this past weekend and seeing that it was mostly clear up to Government Camp, I took my dad up to one of my favorite local hikes: McNeil Point. It's hard to believe that we still have access to this trail, which tops out over 6000 feet, at this point in the year. It felt like a stolen hike, and provided a solid physical challenge as well as outstanding views as always. Dad lives next to North Cascades, so it's hard to impress him with a trail. But I think McNeil Point delivered.


Gay Marriage - persuasive essay. Extracts ... Bishops and other religious figures of the church feel that gay marriage is appalling, and should be abolished from society. The article ... While a high number of individuals are against gay marriage, there are also the ones who believe everyone should be granted equal rights.


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Home Blog The Best News You'll Hear All Year
The Best News You'll Hear All Year
By Sebastian Farquhar · Published November 8th, 2012
The folks at Charity Navigator get a lot of heat from people who care about charity evaluation. Their approach, up till now, has been mostly of the lamentable fundraising is evil variety.
Despite the fact that the comparison they've been making between organisations was only loosely correlated to the effectiveness of the organisation (1), they've become one of the most influential forces in charity comparison. According to them, they get almost 3.3mn unique visitors every year.
You can't beat a good idea
Things are about to change. Charity Navigator is taking an aggressive step in the direction of results based charity evaluation. They're building their capacity, with help from the Hewlett Foundation, to evaluate the results of all the charities they collect information on.
Even better, once the results rating is live they plan to make it the most significant factor in their evaluations.
It's going to be tough
They've got a pretty innovative approach. While GiveWell focuses resources on the most promising leads, Charity Navigator seems to want to cover all the charities it looks at. That is potentially wasteful, but maybe they're betting that their comprehensiveness will give them some extra credibility as well as reach.
They're planning to base part of their impact assessment on the quantity of feedback the charities get from their beneficiaries. Part will come from teams of trained volunteer charity evaluators, crowd-sourced from universities across the US. And part will come from the professionals – they're going to incorporate GiveWell and Philanthropedia rankings. (Philanthropedia effectively polls informed individuals about the top charities in a sector).
Why it will be good
More than 3m people make their charitable decisions at least in part based on Charity Navigator's advice. These people are interested in effective giving, but they've been given fairly incomplete advice so far.
While the new ranking system will not be perfect, it will be a huge step in the right direction.
1. The rankings will be better correlated with cost-effectiveness than the old ones.
2. By applying a similar methodology to thousands of charities at the same time, we'll learn a lot about charity comparison.
3. The ranking system will incentivise charities to get engagement and feedback from beneficiaries.
4. The rankings will expose millions of people to the idea of results-based charity evaluation.
5. The volunteer charity evaluators will learn a lot about giving intelligently.
That can only be good for charity.
Why it probably won't beat GiveWell
GiveWell's approach differs from Charity Navigator's in several key ways. GiveWell, quite rightly, doesn't feel the need to evaluate every possible lead. They focus on the most promising ones and make sure they explore them thoroughly. That lets them treat charities with a level of nuance that will be very hard to compete with. Even after Charity Navigator turns results-based it may still not have the level of analysis GiveWell boasts.
But, more than that, Charity Navigator has been committed so far to some ideas about overhead costs that are unhelpful. Charity Navigator says that "charities exist to provide programmes and services" and therefore they should spend most of their money on the programmes themselves, and not on overhead. But charities don't exist to provide programmes and services – charities exist to produce results through programmes and services. Some things in life are about the journey, not the destination. But, in a world of urgent human suffering, charity is not one of those things. When good management and effective fundraising are the best ways to make people's lives better, then I expect the charities I fund to make use of them.
Why I hope it does
The stakes in this game are way too big to leave in one organisation's hands. The value of information in charity comparison is staggering – making this stuff a common topic of conversation could plausibly lead to the near eradication of global poverty in a few decades. GiveWell has revolutionised the way we do and think about charity comparison. I'm curious to see how far that change can spread.
(1)They've been using some measures of financial strength, and more recently accountability and transparency. These are correlated with effectiveness, but not strongly.


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Baia Mare (ungerska: Nagybánya) är huvudstad i länet Maramureș i nordvästra Rumänien, vid floden Săsar, tio mil norr om Cluj-Napoca. Staden har 123 738 invånare (2011).

Historia
Baia Mare grundades på 1100-talet av tyska invandrare, under namnet Neustadt. Namnet Baia Mare är första gången nämnt 1327.

Näringsliv
Baia Mare är ett viktigt gruvcentrum. I närområdet utvinns guld, silver, bly, koppar, mangan och salt, och i staden finns metallurgisk industri samt maskin- och träindustri. Staden har ett universitet.

Gruvverksamhet och miljöproblem

Gruvverksamheten i och omkring Baia Mare har pågått i hundratals år. Den har medfört en hög föroreningsnivå i jord, vatten och luft. När en fördämning brast år 2000 läckte omkring 100 000 m³ cyanidhaltigt vatten ut från en damm som användes för att extrahera guld från gruvslagg. Förutom cyanid innehöll utsläppet flera olika slags tungmetaller, särskilt koppar, men även bland annat bly och zink. Flera floder blev kraftigt förorenade. I floderna Săsar, Lăpuș, Someș och Tisza långt in i Ungern dog de flesta fiskar och annat vattenliv. Cyaniden försvann emellertid snart, och livet i floderna kom gradvis åter. Översvämningar i Tisza om våren fick koncentrationen av tungmetaller att stiga, dock under riskgränserna. Verkningarna på näringskedjan har dock varit mer långvariga.

Vänorter
Baia Mare har följande vänorter:
 Bielsko-Biała, Polen
 Hódmezővásárhely, Ungern
 Hollywood, USA
 Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraina
 Kitwe, Zambia
 Nyíregyháza, Ungern
 Serino, Italien
 Szolnok, Ungern
 Wels, Österrike

Bilder

Idrott
CS Minaur Baia Mare är en framstående handbollsklubb som både spelar dam- och herrhandboll.

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